I like Feels but not as much as other AC albums. Its the only AC album I have gotten sick of. I have listened to MPP, SJ and ST almost every day for 8 months and I am not tired of them yet. It may be because the lyrics are not as pertinent to me, as with other AC albums. I dont feel Feels.

When I listen to SJ I usually listen to FRG and Fireworks, because they are close to my favorite AC songs. Though I listen to other AC albums such as MPP, STGSTV and ST almost everyday and I am yet to tire of them. I am not sure what you mean by variety Ty, I think that Feels has as much variety as SJ. Unless, you are referring to the overall "emotional effect" because I agree because Feels does convey a lot of different Feelsings.

(Just FYI, G.O. will always be honest but it never means he thinks you should not think/feel what you think/feel. It isn't a judgmental thing. It's just his opinion, man.)
Feels is an amalgamation to me- it's not as "cohesive" as SJ but it wasn't meant to be "album rock' anyways! MPP is def. album rock.

I love Feels: it was my first album of Animal Collective and started the chain of getting everything I can get my hands on from them.
I've had it on repeat for the last day or so in my car, too, and it always takes me back to when I first heard it--the day becomes akin to those days, the sounds bring back the sensual memories of those days. That's a good thing. Although I have to say the strangeness (by which I mean the newness) of it has faded a bit, but I can invoke it by focusing on trying to hear it for the first time again.
"Those days" weren't that long ago: it's only been about a year.

I love Feels! Why?
For me the drumming and percussion on Feels is so real and so lively (especially on Purple Bottle and DYSTW). This album also has it's more chill songs which are placed perfectly in my opinion, it gives a vibe of the album unlike other AC albums which seem to attack your ears, Feels tends to relax my ears (a good relaxing, not boring). The themes of this album and lyrics are a plus for me, after singing them for a while I get all the Feelsings that I need, and I listen to Feels not that often but I still manage to love it. In my opinion the frequency in which I listen to an album has little to do with how much I love said album.

I can kinda see what Ty is saying about SJ songs having the same vibe. there is not the same variety of feelings as in Feels as in SJ, but that is why Feels is called Feels. I almost never get sick of AC, but I find myself getting sick of Feels. It may be because I dont have the same memories attached to Feels as with other AC albums. The first time I heard MPP, was the first time I heard/fell in love with AC. The other songs off of other AC albums I fell in love with individually, not as much with Feels. I have no memories associated with Feels.

Tikwid definetly should have been on Feels instead of Flesh Canoe or Daffy Duck, and maybe they could have stuck Fickle Cycle on the album without removing another song. I like Flesh Canoe and Daffy Duck too much NOW to say that they shouldn't have been on the actual album.

Welcome to the board Elusive! Please feel free to start new threads and resurrect old ones! Ziggster is also from Houston and while I realize it is a large city, maybe you know the same people/bands/areas.

Well, there's a Houston county in Georgia, where I am. And there's Houston Street in New York, from which the term Soho' is derived. Both of which are pronounced HOW stun.
Let's pretend those are the Howstuns in which you are elusive.